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'y @uitrit faire Estesi @mm Letters Patent No. 76,640, dated April 14, 1868.

IMPROVED DEVICE FOB. PETTERING HORSES. i

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'Be it known that I, A. H. LEWIS, of North Greenbush, in the county of Rensselaer, and State ofvNew York, have invented a new and useful Device-forFetteringHorses; and I do hereby declare that thefollo'wing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon, making apart ofthis specification, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and. f l v .Figure 2 aview showing its attachment to the animal. Y

This invention consists of a device for preventing-horses from raising their fore legs, in the act ofjumping or running, to the'end that they may' be easily caught when loose, as in pasture, and may not overloop fences, as.-will hereinafter more fully appear. i

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, l. will proceed, to describe its construction and operation. l i v a represents a. stout leather` strap, to bepassed around the bodyof a horse, just behindhis shoulders, and confined by buckling. b represents a strap passed around the strap a, and Asewed so as to form a loop around .it large enough to permittthestrap b to slidefreely upon the strap a. The ends of the strap 6, next'to the ports rthat are sewed together, are forked, the lesser forks, c c', bearing buckles on their ends, and the longer forks, d d', beingvprovided with holesin the common fashion, so that the ends c ande. and d and d may be buckled together, and form loops `e and e. These loops encircle the fore legs of the horse, and if fastened-around them at the proper pointsprevent the animalfrom raising its fore l'egsto rnn'ler jump, as the loops are irmlyheld bythe strap a, which must yield before the legs can be raised. i.

The device is applied'in such a manner that no great amount olf force can beexerted by thev nnimalqto break either ofthe straps, as his attempts are 'cheeked at the very outset.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The strap a, in combination with the strap b and the loops e e', as and for the purpose set forth.

' A. H. LEWIS? Witnesses:

W. `vS. I-IEVENOE, C. HEVENOR. A 

